Surgery Day

There are TV screens to communicate where your child is at. Abby is at the bottom.  There are 2 screens full of kids having surgery today!

Time has flown by and Abby's surgery day has arrived. We arrived to the University of Minnesota Children's Amplatz hospital around 6:45 to check in and then went back with Abigail for pre-op. During this time, they took her stats and we were able to meet all the people that will be taking care of her. There was a team of anesthesiologists, several nurses, a family service advocate, and the surgeon.  Of course, everyone thought she was adorable. :) She did really well. She couldn't have anything to "eat" after 4:30 am so she ate right before that. You could tell she was getting hungry and a bit cranky because we weren't feeding her.

They aren't anticipating any problems so we are hoping that everything goes smoothly. The surgeon thinks this is the best age to have the mass removed because kids at this age recover quickly and seem to handle the pain better.

I'll keep updating this post as the day progresses by adding to the bottom. The nurse called at 9:10 and told us they had started 5 minutes ago and everything was going well. We're hoping to be reunited before noon.

UPDATE #1 - 11:00 am

The surgeon came to update us.  He's finished with the surgery and everything went well.  The mass was huge taking up three-quarters of her left chest.  He would expect us to notice improvements in her breathing right away. We're so relieved that everything went according to plan and that the mass is out of her body!!  Now, we're just waiting to be reunited with her in recovery.